Vance Defends Iran Deal, Questions Israeli Officials' Criticism

US Vice President JD Vance has publicly defended Washington's agreement with Iran, directly challenging the criticism leveled by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In an interview with The New York Times, Vance questioned their proposals, stating, “What is your exact proposal? You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”

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What is your exact proposal? You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.

Ben-Gvir swiftly responded to Vance's remarks, asserting that Israel's approach is to "deal with the Nazis of the 21st century, just as the United States dealt with the Nazis of the 20th century." Vance, however, pointed out that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not scrutinized the deal with the same intensity as Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. He suggested this might be because Netanyahu is "a little bit more familiar with the details of what’s in it."

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to deal with the Nazis of the 21st century, just as the United States dealt with the Nazis of the 20th century.

Vance also indicated that US President Donald Trump, who signed the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, has observed a "misalignment" between the objectives of some Israeli officials and the American public. Vance told the NYT that Trump is "willing to say that we’re going to pursue America’s interests where there are divergences."

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a little bit more familiar with the details of what’s in it.